Departmental Xerox Printer-Copier-Scanners

The department maintains 3 Xerox Workcentres that are capable of network printingcopyingscanning documents to email and printing from USB storage. The department also provides a Xerox Workcentre for graduate student and visitor use that is maintained by the campus Wprint service. Wprint does not support printing from USB storage.

For further information contact R Singh r5singh@uwaterloo.ca

Departmental Xerox WorkCentres

The current list of available Xerox Workcentres in the department is:

Printer Name 

Printer Path

Description

Color 

Location

HowTo Links

chexeroxmain 

\\cheprint\chexeroxmainC8055

Xerox WorkCentre C8055
For faculty and staff only

Yes

E6 3024

Print Copy Scan
chegradxerox

\\mediaprint2\chegradxerox

Xerox Workcentre C8045
For grads and visitors only
Yes E6 5028 Print Copy Scan
chexeroxdwe \\cheprint\chexeroxdweC7030 Xerox Workcentre C7030
For faculty and staff  in DWE
Yes DWE 2530 Print Copy Scan
chexeroxqnc \\Cheprint\chexeroxQNCC7030 Xerox Workcentre C7030 faculty and staff in QNC Yes QNC 2603 Print Copy Scan

Access Codes

Chexeroxmain, chexeroxdwe and chexeroxqnc require an access code available from Erene Georgiou x42404.  This access code is used to charge the cost of consumables for printing and copying. Scanning to email incurs no charges. All of these printers also have access restrictions based on your Nexus account as noted above in the description column.

Chegradxerox requires a Watcard with sufficient funds or  a prepaid Wprint guest card available from the Library  and then add the funds to a Wprint account  for those visitors who are not eligible for a Watcard. The current pricing for Wprint Black,Color printing and Scan to email is $0.10, $0.45 and $0.02 per page respectively.

ChEXeroxMain, ChEXeroxDWE, ChEXeroxQNC

How to Print

Your computer must be connected to one of the UW wired, wireless or VPN network services. To print to any of these printers you must first connect to the printer which downloads the printer driver to your computer and creates an instance of this printer.

Windows Users

  1. Type \\cheprint in the Windows "Type here to search"box and then double click one of CheXerxoMainC8055, CheXeroxDWE or ChEXeroxQNCC7030 to begin the driver installation. 
    • If prompted for your credentials enter them as nexus\WatiamID
  2. Wait for the printer instance creation to complete. 
  3. Print as usual selecting this printer 

Mac OSX Users

  1. From the website http://www.support.xerox.com/support/enus.html install the Xerox Mac OSX printer driver for the appropriate model of Workcentre ie Workcentre C8045/55 or C7030 found in the description column of the table above.
  2. Then follow these instructions to connect to the printer, create a printer instance and associate the above installed printer driver with this printer instance.
    • Use the URL smb://cheprint.nexus.uwaterloo.ca/sharename where sharename is one of chexeroxmainC8055, cheXeroxDWE, chexeroxQNCC7030 when filling the URL: field of the Add Printer dialog.
    • Enter your Nexus userid followed by your Nexus password when prompted for credentials.

How to Copy

To use the Xerox Workcentre as a copier do the following:

  1. Press the Home icon on the right hand side to display the Home screen.
  2. Press the Copy button on the copier LCD screen
  3. Enter your Access code when prompted for a User ID and press the Enter button
  4. Select the copy options you want then press the Start button in the top right corner of the console. 
  5. When done press the Home icon to return to the home screen and select Reset then Reset All Apps and logoff. 

How to Scan to Email

To scan a document to a pdf image and have that pdf file sent to your email address as an attachment do the following:

For WorkCentre C8055 (  Main Office Xerox)

  1. Press the Home icon on the right hand side of the console to display the Home screen
  2. Press the Email button then add Recipient
  3. Enter your email address in one of 3 ways :
    1. Press Manual Entry button  and enter your email address in full then press Add .
    2. Press the Device Address Book button  then tap your name if it exists in the list to add a check in the check box then click OK. If your name is not in this list then use the option a above to enter your email address or C below to find your network email address.
    3. Press the Network Address button and then type the name of the recipient in the search box and tap the Search button. Then tap the email address to add it.
  4. Select your scanning options and then tap the Send button.
  5. When done press the Home Icon then the Reset button and then Reset all apps and logoff. 

For Work Centre C7030 ( nano xerox, DWE Xerox)

  1. Press the clear all button on the right twice then confirm to clear any existing work
  2. Press the Email button
  3. Enter your email address in one of 2 ways :
    1. Press New Recipient and enter your email address in full then press Add then Close.
    2. Press the Address Book button then type your Watiam/Nexus userid then press the magnifying glass then press the To button then the close button.
  4. Press the green Start button on the right.
  5. When done press the clear all button twice to restore the main menu.

You should then receive an email to the address entered in the To field containing a pdf attachment of the image that you scanned.

ChEGradXerox

How To Print

You can print to this printer using the Wprint Self Serve Web service or directly from your local PC. 

Print Using Wprint Web Service

  1. Visit  the WPrint Web Page and click the Self Serve button and sign in with your userid@uwaterloo.ca credentials. 

  2. Select the Web Print menu option on the left then click the Submit a Job button

  3. Search for and select Chegradxerox printer then click the Print Options button

  4. Click the Upload Documents button then click the Upload from Computer button and select the files you want to print

  5. Click the Upload and Complete button 

  6. In the Web Print  page click the held in a queue link 

  7. In the Jobs Pending Release page click the print or cancel links OR

  8. Physically visit the printer location sign in and release the print job.

    1. Tap your Watcard on the Xerox console or tap the keyboard icon and type in your userid@uwaterloo.ca and sign in .

    2. Tap the Print Release button 

    3. Select the print job and tap the Print button

Print Directly from Local PC

Windows Users
  1. Ensure your computing device is connected to the campus network via a wired, wireless or UW VPN connection. 
  2. Type \\mediaprint2 in the Windows "Type here to search" box and then double click chegradxerox to begin the driver installation. 
    • If prompted for your credentials enter them as nexus\WatiamID
  3. Wait for the printer instance creation to complete. 
  4. Print as usual selecting this printer 
MAC OSX users
  1. From the website http://www.support.xerox.com/support/enus.html install the Xerox Mac OSX printer driver for the appropriate model of Workcentre ie Workcentre C8045/55 or C7030 found in the description column of the table above.
  2. Then follow these instructions to connect to the printer, create a printer instance and associate the above installed printer driver with this printer instance.
    • Use the URL smb://mediaprint2.private.uwaterloo.ca/chegradxerox when filling the URL: field of the Add Printer dialog.
    • Enter your Nexus userid followed by your Nexus password when prompted for credentials.

How to Copy

  1. Load your pages into the document feeder.
  2. Tap your Watcard on the Xerox console or tap the keyboard icon and type in your userid@uwaterloo.ca and sign in .
  3. Tap the Access Device button then Access Device
  4. Tap Copy and select your copy options then tap the Start button

How to Scan

To scan a document to a pdf image and have that pdf file sent to your email address as an attachment do the following:

  1. Load your pages into the document feeder.
  2. Tap your Watcard on the Xerox console or tap the keyboard icon and type in your userid@uwaterloo.ca and sign in .
  3. Tap the Scan button.
  4. Tap Scan and select your scan options then tap the Start button